Friday evening, in a motion to dismiss Jewel v. NSA, EFF's litigation against the National Security Agency for the warrantless wiretapping of countless Americans, the Obama Administration's made two deeply troubling arguments.

[...]They argue that simply allowing the case to continue "would cause exceptionally grave harm to national security." As in the past, this is a blatant ploy to dismiss the litigation without allowing the courts to consider the evidence.[...]

[...]The DOJ claims that the U.S. Government is completely immune from litigation for illegal spying — that the Government can never be sued for surveillance that violates federal privacy statutes.[...]

[...]the Obama Adminstration has claimed that the government cannot be held accountable for illegal surveillance under any federal statutes.[...]

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Is this the "change" you were "hoping" for? Obama's power grab makes Bush's look anemic. I didn't vote for Obama, but now he's ALL our problem.